"Creation" By Path

   Once there were no stars, planets, rocks, plants, or animals. There 
was just space, endless, vast space. In the middle of this space 
existed a blue shard of crystal, the heart of Nature.  
   As time passed Nature decided to create life, to inhabit the empty 
space. She decided to create a universe by exploding the blue crystal, 
the only matter in existence. 
   The explosion spread all across the space, creating galaxies, stars, 
and planets. Using the power of the Four Elements, water, earth, fire, 
and lightning, she combined them to create the first living things. 
They inhabited all the worlds.  
   Her work done, Nature faded away into a wisp, to quietly work her 
magic with what little strength remained.   
   After many more years have passed, a nameless entity from the 
Astral Plane came to this dimension, cast from its world. This entity 
also had the power of the Four Elements. Using them it created life 
where it did not exist, forged gods to protect them, and created 
guardians to keep peace. 
   It was a time of tranquillity, when the immortal creatures lived 
among the mortals in the planets. 
   Then another entity traveled to this dimension, an entity of death 
and destruction. The seemingly eternal peace and serenity was 
shattered, as this entity brought forth an evil race of creatures: 
demons.
   They preyed on the weak of heart, gathering energy to serve their 
evil overlord. The gods rallied together and, after a terrible fight 
that destroyed most of the universe, managed to seal this entity into 
a remnant of the Crystal of Existence, flinging it into a black hole, 
to be lost in the stream of time.
   To keep this entity from ever returning to plague their universe 
the immortals passed their torches to worthy morals, and flung 
themselves into the wormhole, to guard the crystal for all eternity.
   Then, thousands of years ago, the crystal and the weary gods 
reemerged from the black hole. The crystal shattered, releasing the 
evil back into the universe.  
   The tired gods had not the strength to recapture the entity. To 
fight the evil they created a new race of creatures to become the new 
guardians: the dragons.  
   To create them the gods took four dying stars and, with their dying 
strength, exploded them, creating living souls from the stars' dying 
embers. As the souls were given flesh and form, they drank the fire of 
the stars, giving them the powers of flame. 
   They traveled to all the worlds, vanquishing the demons that still 
existed. They are still fighting. Even the humans, who consider 
themselves rulers of all they see, must bow down to the rule of the 
dragons.  
   Other wise the evil will return. . .